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Matthew Perpetua @fluxblog.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

my master list of playlists laying out a history of alternative rock has expanded again, now up to 47 fluxblog.substack.com/p/fluxblog-4...

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Fluxblog 493: a history of alternative music in 47 playlists

My ongoing project of exploring this history, covering 1965-2019

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Levi Fleming @leadpipe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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The book creaked, stiffness in the leather skin of it complaining of disturbed rest. The rind of dust and soil that had built on its pages crumbled and fell away to the ground as each stiff and brittle page was turned. The ink had faded to illegibility, the thoughts recorded as lost as the names of those who recorded them, but pressed between them, dry and preserved, she found the leaves she was told were there, impressed in the dead book like silt-buried fossils.

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Levi Fleming @leadpipe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm kinda surprised to hear you say that given how many tarot decks you've designed. It can't be the specificity in the prompts that bugs you. Is it the time limit?

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.

, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.

As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end

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Levi Fleming @leadpipe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Provenance: Johnny Walker Red contest ad from 1981

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Levi Fleming @leadpipe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I don't know if I can give you a specific suggestion, but your 'place' series tend to be the ones I enjoy and discover from most. So more of those, please, but I don't have a 'place' in mind.

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Levi Fleming @leadpipe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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She’d gathered up the cables draping from the access port in her head and gently twisted them into a knot above their ingress, plastic and rubber and copper facsimile of a ropey coiffure. She lit a gasper and let it burn dangling from her lips like a stick of acrid incense to cover the smell of adhesives and plasticizers coming from her newly manufactured parts. Updates and diagnostics trickled over her brain. There was nothing to do while this happened. Just hold the moment in stillness while the body repaired. She’d once heard Le Chevre talk about the fine ladies he used to know taking a spa day. She’d never been, but she imagined this was close.

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Levi Fleming @leadpipe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

No lost or obscure tracks this time. This one's the full list.

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Levi Fleming @leadpipe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Provenance: from Thanks for the Money by Joel McHale

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Levi Fleming @leadpipe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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It was unworldly, the smell coming off them. The bags had been built well, tough stitching, heavy canvas, but they reeked like they’d been stored in a basement where some mad scientist was running breeding experiments to create a strain of dank that could beat Superman. After a few washings in hot water and some liberal application of Febreeze the stank was finally conquered. Keep trying, Dr. Mold. You’ll get him yet.

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Levi Fleming @leadpipe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Provenance: Ad page from 1960 issue of Playboy Magazine

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Levi Fleming @leadpipe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Beneath her it thrummed its combustion heartbeat, metal flesh of it rattling in its rivets like an anxious animal. They will be here soon and she will be ready and the beast she piloted will be given the release it wants until all are satisfied.

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Levi Fleming @leadpipe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Provenance: 1982 JC Penny ad for a stereo system

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Levi Fleming @leadpipe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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A rind of salt had grown on the timber pilings of the beach house. It was full of furniture and dishes and linens, all waiting to welcome the people who would not come. They had moved out by way of abandonment, leaving the house to soak in seawater unattended. Darkening wood cladding under the tenancy of the tide that had moved in.

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Levi Fleming @leadpipe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I am often happy to find out that a show I'd like to go to has been sold out because it means that the acts I like are doing well and I don't have to actually go through the ordeal of attendance.

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Levi Fleming @leadpipe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026